political dissent

Examples of political dissent in the following topics:

• Forms of Disagreement

  • Political dissent refers to any expression designed to convey dissatisfaction with or opposition to the policies of a governing body.
  • Historically, repressive governments have sought to punish political dissent.
  • One form of political dissent is civil disobedience.
  • A common form of political dissent in terms of military service is conscientious objection.
  • Analyze the role that civil disobedience and direct action play as political tactics representing dissent

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

  • By early 2008, it sought to run television commercials to promote its latest political documentary, Hillary: The Movie, and to air the movie on DirecTV.
  • A dissenting opinion by Justice Stevens was joined by Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, and Justice Sotomayor.
  • Stevens concurred in the court's decision to sustain BCRA's disclosure provisions, but dissented from the principal holding of the majority opinion.
  • The dissent argued that the court's ruling "threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions across the Nation.
  • John Paul Stevens wrote a dissenting opinion, arguing that the Court's ruling "threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions across the Nation. "

• The Supreme Court and the Burden of Proof

  • Of the three, the Supreme Court is supposed to be politically independent, and thus not wed to either the Democratic or Republican Party.
  • However, the nomination process itself essentially ensures that some partisanship, or allegiance to a political party, appears on the Court.
  • Justices are thus categorized in legal and political circles as being judicial conservatives, moderates, or liberals.
  • The part of the opinion that address the majority vote and the new law of the land is called the majority opinion, while the part of the opinion that describes the rationale for the minority voters is called the dissent.
  • You will frequently find opinions that contain several concurrences and dissents.

• Nationalizing the Bill of Rights

  • Black called for the nationalization of the first eight amendments of the Bill of Rights (Amendments 9 and 10 being patently connected to the powers of the federal government alone), and his most famous expression of this belief is found in his dissenting opinion in the Supreme Court case, Adamson v.

• New Federalism and State Control

  • New Federalism is a political philosophy of devolution, or the transfer of certain powers from the United States federal government back to the states.
  • Unlike the eighteenth-century political philosophy of Federalism, the primary objective of New Federalism is some restoration of autonomy and power that the states lost as a consequence of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.
  • Advocates of this approach sometimes cite a quotation from a dissent by Louis Brandeis in New State Ice Co. v.

• Federal Jurisdiction

  • When the Court renders its decision, it will generally do so in a single majority opinion and one or more dissenting opinions.

• The Rights of the Accused

  • Justice John Marshall Harlan dissented alone, saying, "I cannot resist the conclusion that the substance and spirit of the recent amendments of the Constitution have been sacrificed by a subtle and ingenious verbal criticism. "
  • First-generation human rights, often called "blue" rights, deal essentially with liberty and participation in political life.
  • They are fundamentally civil and political in nature, as well as strongly individualistic: They serve negatively to protect the individual from the excesses of the state.
  • Civil and political rights form the original and main part of international human rights.
  • Civil and political rights are not codified to be protected, although most democracies worldwide do have formal written guarantees of civil and political rights.

• Incorporation Doctrine

  • California (1947), Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black argued in his dissent that the Supreme Court should pursue nationalization of the Bill of Rights.

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• Political Knowledge

  • Political knowledge, in addition to political socialization and major events, impact the formation of people's political values and opinions.
  • While it is known that agents of political socialization (such as family, peers, church, and school) and major life and political events impact political values and public opinion, some argue that political knowledge plays a large role as well.
  • The formation of public opinion assumes that Americans know enough about political issues to shape opinions based on political knowledge.
  • Some people are that political values are formed as a result of political knowledge.
  • Researching two political candidates, as illustrated in this flyer, help increase political knowledge.